Garbage container



Patented Mar. 2, 1937 GARBAGE CONTAINER Application September 14, 1935, Serial No. 40,530

4 Claims.

My present invention refers to plumbing devices and more particularly to a garbage container adapted for removable and temporary connection to a sink.

One of the most common articles of use in a household, and one of the most essential articles, is a garbage container or collector. Such an article is constantly in use about a sink. Garbage may be placed therein and allowed to stand a suflicient time to permit any moisture to drain oif, after which the garbage container is lifted bodily from the sink and the contents deposited in the usual garbage can; for example a garbage can buried out of doors, or a garbage can which is capable of holding a relatively large amount of garbage.

My present invention is particularly applicable for use in a small household, such as in apartments, where the amount of cooking to be done is relatively small, and therefore the amount of garbage to be collected is relatively small. Pursuant to such use, the present garbage container has a capacity sufiiciently large to hold a fair amount of garbage. The garbage may be emptied therefrom one or more times a day.

In carrying out my invention, I utilize a box or pan, or other similar container, provided with a removable cover, and perforation or perforations in the bottom thereof, and further provided with a depending foot adapted to extend into and through a perforation in a sink drain, or auxiliary drain connected directly to an outlet chamber.

An object of my invention is an improved garbage container.

An object of my invention is an improved garbage container adapted for attachment to a sink.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of a sink showing my invention in plan with a portion of the cover broken away to illustrate the relation of the container to the sink drain;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged Vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the sink being omitted.

Referring to the drawing, it designates a sink, preferably of the kitchen type, provided at its rear or wall end with an apron H, and with a drain member l3, located at the top of and closing the upper end of an outlet chamber Id. The sink l0 is adapted to be provided with a shear gate valve of the type shown and described in my copending application Serial No. 29,904, filed July 5th, 1935, entitled Shear gate valve for dual receptacles which shear gate valve is operated by a vertical sliding plunger such as the plunger I5 in Fig. 1.

The drain it has slot openingsl6 extending through its horizontal face, as clearly shown in 5 Figs. 1 and 2. On the under face of the drain I3 is formed a member I I of greater Width than the width of any of the slots I6, and spaced apart from one wall of the outlet chamber l4, suflicient to permit the insertion through one or the other 10 of the slots l6 of a support or leg l8 preferably formed integral with and extending downwardly from the bottom IQ of the body of a garbage container 20. In the bottom IQ of the garbage container 26 is also formed a perforation 2| which, 15 when the support or leg I8 is in engagement with the side and end walls of the slot I6, and with one face of the member l'l, registers with one of the slots iii.

The garbage container 20 is preferably made 20 of vitreous material, although the same may be made of any suitable material such, for example, as enameled iron, tin or the like. The body of the garbage container 28 is preferably substantially rectangular in form with oval ends, as 5 shown in Fig. l. The container 20 is deeper at one endthe end adjacent to the perforation 2lthan at the remote end. This construction facilitates drainage of water from the garbage contained in the container 20 into and through per- 30 fcration 2!, The garbage container 20 is preferably provided with a cover member 23 provided with a lifting knob 24.

As is usual, when it is desired to place garbage in the container 2%], the cover 23 is removed 5 and the garbage placed within the container 20 and the cover 23 replaced on the container. Any moisture contained on or in the garbage will fall to the bottom 59 and out through the perforation 2! through one or the other of the slots 40 i6 and down into the outlet chamber Hi. There is therefore no evil smelling moisture deposited in the sink itself. The garbage container 20 is of sufficient capacity to perform its function in any appropriate situation, and no limit is placed on 45 the capacity of the container 20 which may be container. The container 20 is then replaced in position for further and subsequent use.

The drawing referred to shows one embodiment of my invention, but I am not to be limited to the exact showing of such container and I may therefore vary the size, shape and arrangement of parts within relatively wide limits without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a garbage receptacle for cooperation with a drain of a sink, a container, a drain member in said container, and a leg adjacent said drain member for supporting the container with its drain member in substantial registry with at least a portion of the drain of the sink, said leg being adapted to comprehend only a minor portion of the drain of the sink in effecting support of the container.

2. In a garbage receptacle for cooperation with a drain of a sink, a container having a bottom sloping toward one end, a drain member at the depressed end of saidcontainer, and a leg adjacent said drain member for supporting the container with its drain member in substantial registry with at least a portion of the drain of the sink, said leg being adapted to comprehend only a minor portion of the drain of the sink in effecting support of the container.

3. In a garbage receptacle for cooperation with a slotted drain of a sink, a container having a sloping bottom, a drain member at the low point in said bottom and a leg extending outwardly from said bottom at a location adjacent said drain member, said leg being adapted to fit within one slot of the drain of the sink for supporting the receptacle with its drain member in substantial registry with one or more of the free slots of the drain of the sink.

4. For use with a sanitary fixture having a drain, a container, a drain member in said container, and a leg adjacent said drain member for supporting the container with its drain member in substantial registry'with at least a portion of the drain of the sink, said leg being adapted to comprehend only a minor portion of the drain of the sink in effecting support of the con tainer.

WILLIAM C. GROENIGER. 

